Community Events And Local Updates Highlight Labor Day Weekend
Local church groups plan events at Central Methodist First Christian and South Limestone Home Demonstration club hosts. Community notices include hospital discharges and admissions plus revival services at Southside Baptist and First Presbyterian churches.
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Warren Rust
Southside Baptist Church
McCalla Avenue Baptist Church
Knoxville
Charles Veach
Columbus, Ga
Roll Call Opens Church Assembly In Big Tabernacle
In RED BAY Alabama a day long roll call marks the 45th annual general assembly of the Church of God with states taking part in the big tabernacle gathering.
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Roll Call
Big Tabernacle
Red Bay
Ala
Church of God
FBI ready to arrest 12 000 dangerous communists if war comes
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told senators the bureau could seize 12 000 dangerous communists in case of war with Russia. He said funds are needed to hire 835 new agents and 1 218 clerical workers to monitor these suspects, many of them American citizens.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Russia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hoover
Truman
Congress
Senate
Justice Department
Folsom backs constitutional convention to fix reapportionment
Gov. James E. Folsom urged a constitutional convention to resolve Alabama reapportionment. He told a legislative committee the convention could rewrite the constitution or limit to representation, saying the status quo must change. A report by Charles M. Cooper summarized convention proceedings and the court s view on fixes.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Earl McGowin
Butler County
Folsom
Supreme Court of Alabama
Charles M. Cooper
Legislative Reference Service
Cooper
Levers
Supreme Court
Ittee
Three INS Reporters Die In Transport Plane Explosion
Three International News Service war correspondents die when a Korea bound C 54 transport plane explodes over Southern Japan. The slain reporters are Frank Emery Charles Rosecrans Jr and Ken Inouya Wen. Randolph Churchill was wounded. Sixteen war correspondents are dead or missing.
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Tokyo
International News Service
Japan
INS
Frank Emery
Beverly Hills
Calif
Manila
Charles Rosecrans ,Jr
Honolulu
Ken Inouya Wen
New York
Far East
Emery
U. S
Randolph Churchill
Ballot Contest Delayed as Court Keeps TRO
Elba Alabama on September 7 The state Democratic executive committee third district ballot contests are on hold as Circuit Judge Bowen Simmons extends a temporary writ pending a decision by the Alabama Supreme Court on an appeal by party loyalists The dispute centers four seats contested by loyalists from Coffee Russell and Lee counties and a five member subcommittee led hearings since June awaiting bond and filing rulings.
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Elba
Ala
Bowen Simmons
State Supreme Court
National Party
Simmons
Supreme Court
Democratic Executive Committee
Coffee
Russell
Lee
Gessner T. McCorvey
Air Force Officer Admits Bigamous Marriage In Note
Lt Col Roger Synnes 34 of the 10th Air Force at Selfridge Field was found dead in a parked car in Mt. Clemens Michigan. A note admitted a bigamous marriage to Marjorie L. Haldeman of Montgomery Alabama on Aug 31. He left $13 000 of his $30 000 policy to her and $10 000 to his California wife with other relatives receiving smaller sums. He had recently completed a course at the Air Force Institute in Montgomery.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Roger Synnes
10Th Air Force
Selfridge Field
Howard V. Groesbeck Jr
Synnes
Montgomery
Ala
Groesbeck
Marjorie L. Halde
Truman to Address Nation on Homefront Controls Saturday
President Truman said he will speak on radio Saturday night to outline civilian homefront economic control plans during the emergency. He denied plans for a military dictatorship and said he will explain the anti inflation bill now under analysis by federal agencies. He expects to sign it soon and ruled out an independent price and wage agency.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Marine Corps
Navy
Stalin
Chapman Denies Russian Link In Senate Hearing
Secretary of the Interior Chapman testified before the senate interior committee denying any communist ties. He stated he had no connections with subversive groups and challenged Senator Schoeppel to repeat the charges outside the chamber.
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Washington
Chapman
Truman
Senate Interior — Committee
Schoeppel
R-Kan
Senate
Efforts To Consolidate Decatur Charitable Drives
An appeal from the Decatur Community Chest invites desirable organizations to join a federated 1950 drive to reduce multiple campaigns. The budget request committee, led by Hill Ferguson Jr., will meet September 14 and 15 at 3 p.m. in the State National bank directors’ room to hear needs from groups including March of Dimes and Cancer Control.
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Decatur
Decatur Community Chest
Joe Calvin
Community Chest
Hill Ferguson Jr
T. J. Cottingham
Ben Britnell
State National Bank
March of Dimes
Cancer Control Organization
Nina Wood
the Chest
Senate Debates Subversive Control Bills and Statehood Moves
The Senate presses on with subversive control legislation amid warnings of communist ties. Senator McCarran leads stringent curbs while administration opposes. Hawaii and Alaska statehood bills gain agenda priority as Truman backs action. A Johnson subcommittee criticizes defense stockpiling and disposal as urgent issues.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Chapman
Schoeppel
McCarran
Senate
Democratic Policy Committee
Hawaii
Alaska
Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Dtexas
Reds Plan to Seize Taegu Revealed by Captured Officer
An American intelligence officer reports a captured lieutenant disclosed a North Korean master plan aiming to seize Taegu, with a surprise drive through Waegwan and Kunwi corridors and coordination with the 1st, 3rd, and 13th divisions. The plan shifted due to American resistance and Yongchon's movement.
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Tokyo
Taegu
Waegwan
Kunwi
Truman Apology Backed By Marines Rally
President Truman visited the Marine Corps League meeting to reinforce his apology for earlier remarks about the Marines. He urged that such misunderstandings be avoided and said he corrects mistakes. Florida reports show three deaths and 3 million dollars in damage from Labor Day weekend hurricanes, with heavy rains across multiple states and warnings updating Bermuda's status.
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Truman
Marine Corps League
League
Stalin
Mr. Truman
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Wounded Man Says Neighbor Shot Him
In Birmingham Charles Howard, 27, was shot in the chest in front of a Sayreton grocery. Deputies investigate the shooting reported last night. owners A. J. Bruno and wife heard a shot and found him on the floor.
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Birmingham
Ala
Sheriff's
Charles Howard
Sayreton
A. J. Bruno
Howard
Apportionment Case Appealed in Alabama
Oneonta Alabama activists plan to appeal a reapportionment suit to the state supreme court within days. Judge Walter B. Jones dismissed the TRO for lack of jurisdiction, while L P Ward Jr and Claud D Scruggs vow to pursue the case to the U S supreme court despite Sibyl Pool certifying nominees.
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Oneonta
Ala
State Supreme Court
L. P. Ward Jr
Claud D. Scruggs
Guntersville
Montgomery
Walter B. Jones
Secretary of State
Sibyl Pool
Ward
U. S. Supreme Court
Losses Heavy In Hand To Hand Fighting In Korea
Tokyo dispatch reports 50 000 Red KOREAN forces driven back by Allied troops in a 120 mile front near Taegu. Marines and doughboys fought hand to hand with bayonets. Communist casualties reach 20 000 in the southwestern sector for the week. U S planes damaged 65 tanks in two days 48 Thursday. Reds move 84 new Russian tanks into line. Americans hold Taegu approaches as cavalry clash with Reds and South Koreans push east from Yongchon toward the vital junction. Ground gains shown by 25th division toward Pusan as air and sea actions continue.
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Tokyo
Taegu
U.S
Pusan
U. S
U. S. First
Jack MacBeth
Kumwha
Waegwan
Ben Price
Yongchon
U. S. 24Th Division
Kyongju
Red
Pohang
Sea of Japan
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
25Th Division
Drafting Of Vets Seen Possibility
Major General Thomas J. Hanley Jr said World War II veterans and men with dependents could be drafted if the armed forces exceed 3,000,000. He noted such moves would likely be at the discretion of local draft boards and would require changes to the Selective Service law.
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Pittsburgh
Army and
Air Force
Thomas J. Hanley Jr
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